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Macastronomer
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    That was a great night, and starting it with that spectacular meteor was perfect. I can't believe how long that thing burned for as it stretched across the sky. That one is etched in my memory with three other meteors (a bolide from Eagle Bluff about 3 years ago, a fantastic fireball from RCTC that I saw with Brandon, and the bolide we saw at the StarBQ). It was a glorious night for astronomy, and it wasn't even dark yet!

    Here's a few items I journalized:

    NGC 891
    NGC 752
    NGC 772
    NGC 7789
    NGC 457
    NGC 654
    NGC 129
    NGC 663
    NGC 136
    NGC 225
    NGC 436
    NGC 381
    NGC 156
    NGC 651

    Fourteen Herschel objects. I used the C set of the free Tri-Atlas to find all of these. It works pretty well.

    I also looked at an S shape (it's actually called the backwards 5) asterism in Hercules. Jupiter was very clear/stable. I'd say the seeing was 7.5 of 10?even 8 at times. Very nice. Other than the thin clouds we battled early on, the transparency was pretty good too. Transparency was anywere from 0 (when the clouds passed over) to 8.5 out of 10 (and I'm considering 10 unattainable in MN).

    A G. N. F. A.